
US corporate lobbyists launched a two-year “blitz(闪电战;集中行动)” to postpone and weaken the world’s most progressive(进步的;先进的) legislation to protect forests, according to a new investigation by the environmental watchdog(环境监督机构) Mighty Earth.
根据环境监督机构“强大地球”的一项新调查,美国企业游说者发起了一场为期两年的“闪电战”,旨在推迟并削弱全球最进步的森林保护立法。
Major US firms and trade association(行业协会)s, including Cargill, Bunge, Mondelēz and the US Soybean Export Council, as well as numerous other US firms and organizations, sought to influence(试图影响) the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) in more than 350 meetings, the advocacy group(倡导团体) found.
该倡导组织发现,包括嘉吉、邦吉、亿滋和美国大豆出口委员会在内的美国主要公司和行业协会,以及众多其他美国企业和组织,在超过350次会议中试图影响《欧盟森林砍伐条例》(EUDR)。
US company representatives and industry groups deny there was a concerted(协同的;一致的) campaign to derail(破坏;使脱轨) the deforestation rules, saying their meetings with EU officials raised legitimate concerns(合理关切) around implementation.
美国公司代表和行业团体否认存在一场旨在破坏森林砍伐规则的协同行动,称他们与欧盟官员的会晤提出了关于实施的合理关切。